when we start to play better again..

I haven't written about the Nadur game cause i didn't go.. We lost 1 - 0 but i thought i was going to lose with a bigger score..

But I'm going to write about the Hotspurs game.. it was a draw but we should have won.. btw reno was refereeing so it was bad.. lol.. they got the draw because they were given two draws.. we scored two.. one by "lazy" Dione and one is being discussed if it was an auto goal or by manuel, the new recruit.. still it doesn't matter as long as we scored.. lol.. Hotspurs imagined they were going to win because we are second from last while they are at second place.. but they were wrong..

The game was awesome.. during the first half not much happened.. but during the second half.. we scored after 49 seconds.. the goal was an "azmita" as we say.. it went it and the goaler did not even notice.. but it was great..

then they were GIVEN two penalties.. and they scored them.. then we scored again and the score board stayed that way.. we should have won but that's how football is.. they were angry because they thought they will win.. but they didn't.. someone of theirs even shot a mobile to our players.. blah..

this game was the debut of manuel cordina.. hes what we really needed. a good striker.. good luck manuel.. hope you feel at home as all the other players do..

i don't know who ill give the man of the match to cause everyone played his heart.. so ill give it to all the players that were there.. even the subs because they were there to give support..

still we got a point which we really needed.. we will play again next month.. exactly on the 10th of February.. so till then go maroons..

cya at the ground and till then.. tc..

(btw.. I'm sorry for always saying they but i hate their name..)

Xaghra and Qala remain in serious relegation trouble..

Xaghra United and Qala St Joseph obtained a point each from a draw of two goals in the first match of the second round of the championship. With this result, the two teams remain in serious relegation trouble, although the Saints have a two point lead over the same Xaghra and Kercem Ajax. The main protagonist of the match was undoubtedly Qala’s goalie Inim Aktpan, who produced a series of difficult saves in the second period when his side was player with a player less on the field.

Qala saw more of the ball during the first part of the match and play took place mainly in Xaghra’s half. However, the Blues controlled well and created the first dangerous action in the 15th minute when a free kick by Leandro Blanco de Castro hit the post. The Saints replied three minutes later with a low shot by Joseph Xerri that was well saved by goalie Donald Gauci. In the 21st minute Qala’s goalkeeper Inim Aktpan was called to save a good shot by John Camilleri and ten minutes later the same goalkeeper was well placed to stop an effort by Daniel Bartolo following a wrong clearance by Qala’s rearguard. In the 32nd minute Qala’s Andreas Fotso concluded badly from close distance following a melee at Xaghra’s goalmouth, but the same player left his side with a player less on the field in the 35th minute when he was sent off for a foul on Joseph Bartolo. Qala were not demoralised and in the 41st minute an effort by Charlie Attard from a pass by Denis Abela ended over the crossbar. However, the Saints managed to open the score in the first minute of stoppage time of the first period. Xaghra’s rearguard cleared a corner kick by Joseph Xerri, Charlie Attard was well placed, took the rebound and placed in goal with an excellent first timer.

Xaghra produced a reaction after the break. In the 54th minute Alex Ribic hesitated in the area after receiving an inviting cross by John Camilleri and the same striker had a good shot from close distance blocked by the defence five minutes later. However, Ribic made up for the two missed chances in the 72nd minute when the Serbian striker levelled the score. Ribic controlled a low cross by Sam Frank Bajada and placed out of Aktpan’s reach after releasing himself from his direct opponent. Xaghra kept insisting and in the 78th minute an effort Philip Attard was saved by goalie Aktpan. Qala replied with a weak shot by substitute Clayton Caruana that was saved by goalie Donald Gauci. In the following two minutes, Xaghra lost two very good scoring opportunities through Alex Ribic who had shots on separate action blocked by substitute Ivan Grech and goalie Aktpan respectively. Qala’s goalie saved the point for his side with another good intervention on Alex Ribic in the 89th minute following a through pass by Sam Frank Bajada and one minute later from a corner kick by Ribic, John Camilleri headed wide.

I wasn't at the game since I had Jac's surprise party. so this article is thanks to www.gozofootball.net

It's gonna be a bad game against Nadur since most of our players are hurt.. but we'll still try.. go maroons!!

kercem and qala.. a draw..

well... better than a loss for sure.. we needed just a draw or a win.. we should have got the win but the b***** ref wasn't neutral as usual.. the final score was 1 -1..

we were winning in the first half.. it was going quite well.. Pietru scored in the 19th minute.. it was an excellent goal.. then Andreas scored but the assistant ref said it was a hands.. blah.. we also had an offside scored.. then they had a chance and scored.. for once it wasn't ini's fault.. lol.. he did some excellent saves.. he was his usual self..

brian got hurt really badly.. he got a kick and he got hurt badly... the red cross weren't there so at least there was pawlu our president and he gave him first aid.. he was taken to hospital.(hes still there after three days.. get well soon bri!!)

so we got the draw.. at least another point... lets see what we ll do against Xaghra!! Go maroons forever and a day!!

Tc and cya at the ground!!

another loss..

well.. sad to say it was another loss.. the f***ing 4th one in a row... we were without Ini Aktpan the g.. x xejxa played instead of him but he played quite well for his first game in the 1 st division old boys league.. lol.. we lost 6 1.. 5 in the first half and one in the second half..

the game was quite well.. we played quite well but not good enough.. we still lost.. mario mifsud scored our goal.. we had a couple of chances but were lost.. they scored on nearly every scoring opportunity..

sorry this is so brief but im not feeling too well.. and i have left it for quite long.. lol.. so cya next sunday at the game against kercem.. hope its a win now..

btw man of the match goes to pawlu camilleri cos he was just awesome..

cya and tc..

another loss..

So... we lost again *cry*.. We didn't play exceptionally, but the referee wasn't a neutral side either.. lol.. so, we lost 5 1 to Ghajnsielem (tat toqba)..

We got a goal in the second minute and that was quite bad.. we had a couple of good shots but the goals didn't come.. but then the worst part was at the 38th minute where the f***ing ref gave the red card to our goaler for totally nothing.. even the opposite supporters said that.. what he did was just he caught the ball.. but Doda or what his name is "sort of" fell and our goaler was seen as fauling him badly.. blah blah blah.. Charlie Attard was taken out so that the reserve goaler could come in.. the reserved was Joseph Xerri.. more known as ix xejxa.. it was his first game this season with the old boys.. he had only played one game with the u 21s.. he had a penalty which of course he did not keep from coming in.. so the score was 2 0.. but before half time Doda scored another one.. so them 3, us 0..

After resumption, most of the game was in mid field.. Qala played better than the first half.. but still we did not score.. but then the score became 3 1 when we were awarded a penalty and mario put it after their gk.. They scored another 2 in the 87th and 2nd minute of extra time.. the result ended being 5 1..

Here i wanna say congrats to the reserve goaler.. all of us were really impressed with his performance.. he did some good saves that most of us were astonished.. hope he feels better for the next game because he hurt his hand..

The man of the match goes to 3 men.. Andreas Fotso for his performance and he showed his never say die attitude in this game.. Joseph Xerri for his brilliant performance.. And last but not least Joseph Xerri II for his awesome game.. even though he had some goals scored against him, he played extremely well for his first time..

That's all for now.. hope that next week's game against Sannat is better.. even though i think we ll be without Aktpan..

So, see you at the ground as usual..
Tc and GO MAROONS FOR EVER AND A DAY!!

The yellow card..

Well well well... I hadn't been to the ground for nearly a month so it was quite great to be back there again.. It was at the Sannat ground since the Xewkija ground is still growing its lawn.. lol..

We went and as usual it was a laugh.. Because where there is the Qala supporters there are great people.. lol.. So.. first of all we played against Zebbug.. They are second division.. and they quite showed.. well.. the game was for the GFA cup.. which is going to commence in May..

The game started quite well where Qala had most of the shooting opportunities.. First Dione Lautier had a good shot but it hit the woodwork.. It was better than his usual self.. lol.. Andreas did a great job.. He broke their defence system but the shoot went a couple of inches wide.. blah.. Ini Aktpan did a couple of good saves.. For once at least he did his job.. lol..

During the first half one of our players did a hands ball by mistake and one of the very knowing Zebbug supporters said it was a yellow card.. So then every time something happened, we said it was a yellow card..

During the second half we also had a couple of good chances.. By Dennis Abela, Dione Lautier and Joseph Xerri.. but we didn't score.. *cry* So then we had to go into extra time.. During the first half nothing really happened.. But during the second half we scored!! Thanks to Andreas Fotso (who btw has a really nice name.. lol.. friends and bf know why..) But then 3 minutes later Mario Mifsud got his second yellow card and was sent off.. *cry*

So, back to the Zebbug supporter.. When we scored she said that we nearly didn't score against a second division team.. And then Mario harbat told her why don't you put the yellow card in your ***.. I never thought he would say that.. lol.. She just went red and said nothing.. lol..

So we won.. We'll be against another team in May.. Our next game is on the 25th November 2007 against Ghajnsielem.. It's a league game..

Btw the man of the match goes to Andreas Fotso and Dione Lautier.. They were the best players around..

So you Qala S.J. supporters.. cya in two weeks time at the ground.. Till then, take care and always be good..

Qala St J. make sure of victory with first half goals..

Qala St Joseph defeated second division leaders St Lawrence Spurs and obtained qualification to the quarter finals of the GFA cup. Qala’s victory arrived with the least possible effort, but risked to complicate matters as they found themselves in some difficulty to control St Lawrence’s reaction. They match was played in difficult weather conditions due to heavy rain. The second half had to start around twenty minutes late since the pitch was not fit for play.

Qala took command of play and opened the score in the 15th minute through a goal by Joe Xerri who surprised goalie Samuel Micallef directly from the corner kick. The Spurs failed to produce a reaction and Qala’s superiority was converted into another goal that arrived in the 34th minute. It was Joe Xerri who entered the area following a pass by Andreas Fotso and placed behind goalie Micallef with a low shot.

St Lawrence produced a good reaction after the break and the maroons suffered some pressure. The Spurs could have re-opened the issue especially through scoring opportunities that arrived to Oliver Farrugia and Adalberto Goncalves. Qala had an opportunity to seal the issue in the final stages through a free kick by Mario Mifsud that was well save by goalie Samuel Micallef.

(Sorry but i didn't go to the match since nobody of the group went and it was raining as well.. So i decided to put here the article that was written on the www.gozofootball.net site.. Thanks to them!)

When the lights went off..

Well.. we lost this game.. The second one in a row I must say.. But now in this round we've played against all the though teams.. The easier teams are left.. lol.. So we lost 3 -1 to the Hotspurs.. In this game we showed that what we really need is a striker..

The game ended 3 -1, a win to the Hotspurs.. Our goal was scored by Brian Portelli in the 82nd minute.. They scored their goals two in the end of the first half and the other one at the extra time of the second half..

Qala were without Andreas Fotso and Mark Bonello due to suspension.. Their missing was felt by the team.. But, that's how it was..

I think for me this was one of the funniest games even though we lost.. In the first half nothing really funny happened, but in the second half a lot happened.. First, after a couple of minutes of the second half the ground lights went off.. After nearly half an hour without lights and the game stopped, they said it was due that the generator had no diesel left.. So they had to go and but some more.. lol.. Then after the lights came back, there were some old Hotspurs supporters behind us.. They were saying things like "why don't you remove Dione from there, he's too old!!" and he was like 65.. How can he say Dione is old when he is probably twice his age!! lol..

He was also toothless and he was just saying stupid things.. And since we were a group of about 12, we responded him back.. We were just laughing our head off..

So. now for the serious part.. The Man of the match.. I think I'll give it to Paul Camilleri.. He really played awesomely.. He is this quiet player that isn't a big head but he's really great.. So I'll give it to him..

Hope that from now on I'll have time to go to the ground and write this blog since from next Monday I'll be starting school.. Hope that everything goes well and that from now on I'll be writing about winning not loosing.. lol..

Cya at the ground and tc..

the final...

we lost the game with the penalties!! if u read my last post you should have known that we had done really badly in the result for our last game with them.. but the last game was just awesome.. we kept Nadur a draw the whole game and even during the half hour extra time.. but the during the penalties.. we just lost.. we lost during penalties for 3 1..

our players played really well.. lets start with that.. i ll give them the full credit.. when me and my great team of supporters arrived we were thinking that well lose from the beginning.. but we were proved wrong..

Dione scored our goal.. it was a great one and i think that was the best chance for us to score.. he just skipped all their defenders and put the ball in the back of the net.. it was totally a wow.. ive just seen the video of it.. he got the ball past the 3 defenders.. and when the goaler went for him he tried to catch the ball from the floor but Dione skipped him and the ball just went in!!

The goal they scored was Ini's fault they said.. He didn't catch the ball for sure but cant see if by mistake or something else.. my sis said it wasn't by mistake but i think it was.. i don't think our gk was bought.. for this game at least..

Mark and Andreas got the red card for Qala while Frank Paul(the sore loser) got it for Nadur..
it was a great game.. for our team at least cos Nadur had in mind that they'll win easily.. but that wasn't the plan..

sorry but forgot to give the Man of the Match.. In fact i don't know to who I should really give it.. i think Glenn and Brian and Dione deserve it the most though.. But even Mark and Xerri, Andreas and Gattuso.. so I think I'll give it to all the team cause they all did very well..

so see you at the next game.. you players.. rest cos u ll be against the newly promoted hotspurs..

and u fans.. be at the ground to give support..

tc and cya at the ground on 3rd October..

The money problem..

We have lost against the team that is the favourite to win this year's League. It was a hard game for us since we had A LOT of injuries.. The worst one is Glenn's I think with a couple of fractured ribs.. He still played and played really well for the injury he had.. but we have some other injuries.. The injured players still played so.. Brian got the red card during the last game so he was suspended.. He was at the ground (looking like the FBI hehe)..

Well we lost 3 0.. We got the goals during the second half.. The first was a small mistake by Andreas and Ini.. everyone does mistakes don't they?? He tried to help by not us getting a corner but it ended up a bad choice.. somebody from that shitty team scored.. don't even wanna know who..

After a couple of minutes.. they scored another one.. this was our goalie's fault though.. btw he played very badly during this game.. (money was even talked of so I'd better say nothing more).. the third goal in another couple of minutes... another easy goal for them..

it was good during the first half.. we lost a gr8 opportunity that would have changed the whole situation i think.. but what can we do now?? just talk about it..

The man of the match goes to 3 players.. cause me and my sis Jessie couldn't decide who played the best.. They are Glenn Cefai, Andreas Fotso and Ivan (Gattuso)..

so.. cya next Friday at 4pm for the final against Nadur again.. hope that it's a better score.. cya and tc..